Switzerland v Ecuador Betting Tips and Predictions

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Could the Swiss be a dark horse at the World Cup 2014? We have free World Cup 2014 betting tips for their opening match.

Group E looks a wide-open affair and this opening fixture on the 15th June 2014 will be key as to how the Group will shape up. If France turn up and perform to their undoubted talent and ability suggests then this could effectively be a battle for the Runners-up spot in the Group.

As England found out on Wednesday in Miami Ecuador are no pushovers and have some talented individuals with the likes of Edison Mendez in the Midfield and young striker Jefferson Montero. Skipper Antonio Valencia showed they are also up for the fight and eager to do well on the biggest stage of all. The later pair provide excellent width along with the full backs that like to get forward at every opportunity. This gives former Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo plenty of chances to score as he showed during Ecuador’s qualifying campaign.

Ecuador come into the tournament having shown their capabilities with draws against Holland in Amsterdam just over two weeks ago and England in Miami on Wednesday. This is a timely improvement on their away form from that which they produced in qualifying for their third World Cup finals where their 5 losses all came away from home. They finished fourth in the CONMEBOL group where they boast a win and a draw against Uruguay along with a 1-1 draw at home to one the World Cup favourites Argentina.

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Switzerland by contrast had a strong qualifying campaign where they went through their 10 matches unbeaten (winning 7) and also boast recent wins in friendlies against the host nation Brazil and Germany, winning 5-3 on that occasion. In their Manager, Ottmar Hitzfeld, they have plenty of experience and a winning mentality having won the Champions League with both Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich among other domestic honours. The Swiss squad appears on paper to be well balanced with a good mix of youth and experience; however, they lack any noticeable experience in their forwards with a total of 9 goals between them from 46 caps. The likes of Admir Mehmedi and Josip Drmic performed well in the Bundesliga (the latter was only outscored in the season by Robert Lewandowski and Marion Mandzukic) but the World Cup is a different level altogether. On that basis they could be heavily reliant on their midfielders to provide the goals and the likes of Shaqiri, Inler and Barnetta are well capable of taking on that mantle.

Given the importance of this fixture to both teams and a likely emphasis on ‘don’t lose the opening game’, the draw looks the value in this fixture so at 21/10 this is our first World Cup 2014 betting tip for this match with Bet365. For the punters into the goal scorer markets Felipe Caicedo at 7/1 with William Hill could be an interesting choice in a fixture where goals look likely.

Here’s an interesting tip for those who may have doubts over France’s temperament and can see a repeat of their off-field problems that dramatically affected their 2010 World Cup in South Africa, William Hill have 7/1 for a Dual Forecast Switzerland/Ecuador to qualify from Group E.

Ecuador v Switzerland Betting Tips

Draw – Bet Here at 21/10 with Bet365

Felipe Caicedo to Score First – Bet Here at 7/1 with William Hill

Switzerland and Ecaudor to Qualify From Group E – Bet Here at 7/1 with William Hill.

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